1991 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorcycle race August 2023 United States United States United States International Grand Prixhttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1991_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725170127/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1991_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991 25 July 2015 25 July 2015https://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1991.html 1991 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.comhttps://www.progcovers.com/motor/laguna.html Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.com Laguna Seca Raceway 2.196 3.520 3 15 April 21, 1991 Laguna Seca 1988-1995.png Wayne Rainey USA Yamaha 1:26.464 Wayne Rainey USA Yamaha 1:27.040 Wayne Rainey USA Yamaha Mick Doohan Australia Honda Kevin Schwantz USA Suzuki Luca Cadalora Italy Honda 1:29.030 Luca Cadalora Italy Honda 1:28.912 Luca Cadalora Italy Honda Wilco Zeelenberg Netherlands Honda Loris Reggiani Italy Honda Alain Michel France Krauser Simon Birchall UK 1:32.023 Alain Michel France Krauser Simon Birchall UK 1:32.212 Steve Webster UK Gavin Simmons UK Krauser Alain Michel France Simon Birchall UK Krauser Darren Dixon UK Sean Dixon UK LCR-Krauser The 1991 United States Motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1991 FIM Grand Prix motorcycle roadracing season, held on the weekend of April 19–21, 1991 at Laguna Seca Raceway. This event featured no fewer than four American riders on competitive equipment, plus two more on B-level machines, during the era of U.S. domination. 500 cc race report QUALIFYINGWeaver Glen 16 May 1991 Rainey Scores U.S. Grand Prix Hat Trick at Laguna Seca The Redwood Review UC Santa Cruz, CA -- Kevin Schwantz wasn't getting the drive he wanted out of the corners in practice on his Suzuki RGVr500. "Rear wheel grip is definitely our biggest shortcoming. We're trying different combinations of raising and lowering the front and rear ends of the bike," Schwantz commented. He ended third-fastest in qualifying, later joking: "'The easiest way to correct our problem is to steer the front wheel in the direction of the slide." Australian Mick Doohan, Honda's number one man, encountered front-end difficulties while trying to secure a decent grid positive for the race. "I'll lay it in and it wants to run wide. I can't get it on a tight enough line," Doohan complained. Mick's race-day plan was to gear the machine down, so as to better allow the power of his NSR500 to turn the bike by drifting the rear Michelin. Four-time World Champion Eddie Lawson told reporters he was spending a lot of time supporting his Cagiva on his knee because his front end was pushing fairly often. Lawson continued to adjust settings and qualified his Italian machine just behind Doohan. Keen attention was paid to reigning 250cc champion John Kocinski, who was race-favorite Wayne Rainey's new teammate on a 500 at Marlboro Roberts Yamaha. He hustled his bike around Laguna less than one-tenth of a second slower than Rainey in practice. "The knowledge of riding the 250 doesn't pertain to riding a 500 - it's a totally different animal," explained Kocinski. "You've got a lot more braking to worry about and the acceleration areas are a lot different. You've got a slower apex speed, a much faster exit and a faster entrance too, so everything's got to change." Kocinski's fourth and third place finishes in the opening races of the season indicated that he wouldn't have much trouble transitioning to the more powerful machine, though. And like Rainey, he considered Laguna his domain. As expected, Rainey qualified ahead of Kocinski on pole position. "You've got to attack this race track. Bike set-up is critical here and some of the other guys had problems," Rainey observed. Less than one second covered 1st through 5th places on the starting grid. RACE—For the main event Schwantz donned an Arai helmet custom painted in army camouflage as his personal tribute to the U.S. troops who risked their lives for operation Desert Storm. The rear of the helmet featured a caricature nicknaming him "Stormin' Kevin Schwantzkopf" in a nod to American general Norman Schwarzkopf. After the green light Schwantz and Rainey touched going over the turn one crest. Schwantz dove into the turn two hairpin first, followed closely by Rainey and Doohan. Rainey slipped inside Schwantz at the entrance to turn three. Schwantz changed his line to put the Suzuki side-by-side with Rainey heading toward turn four but Wayne had already begun to stretch a lead as they powered through the infield. Through the Corkscrew the order was Rainey, Schwantz, Doohan, Kocinski, Lawson and Wayne Gardner. Doohan had a problem coming down the hill and lost a few places. One lap later Rainey set the fastest time of the race, working his Dunlop tires to the limit, getting sideways out of the turn two, and pulling away steadily. Kocinski soon settled down to low 1:27 times that rivaled his teammate's but didn't get by Schwantz into second place until the end of lap 5, squeezing him out on the brakes going into the turn eleven kink before the front straight. Two laps later, perhaps a bit too eager to close the gap to Rainey, Kocinski highsided out of the hairpin. Unhurt, he attempted to rejoin the race. "I got it started again but it didn't sound too good," Kocinski lamented. "I think it may have got some dirt in the motor so there was no use going on." Schwantz inherited second place with Mick Doohan snapping at his heels after recovering from his miserable first lap. Doohan's Michelins began spinning on lap 4, so his lines were quite different from Schwantz's, who was great on the brakes but still had no drive. "It was obvious that I was slowing him down," Schwantz said later. "Every time I looked back I just saw a big number three, I couldn't see any sky or anything. I ran as fast as I could but when the front started chattering I had to let him by." Doohan took over second on lap 21. By this time Rainey had an insurmountable lead so Mick held his Honda steady in second with Schwantz bringing the Suzuki in a comfortable third. The scrap for fourth place was lively as Jean-Philippe Ruggia, Gardner, Lawson, and his Cagiva teammate Alexandre Barros interchanged positions several times in a four-man freight train. Ruggia finally pulled ahead of the group with Lawson finishing fifth. Barros chased Lawson home, with Gardner charging across the line in seventh place after a brief off-track excursion in turn six where he had crashed twice before in the previous two years. Juan Garriga, Adrien Morillas, and Didier de Radiguès rounded out the top ten. Salinas-native Doug Chandler parked his Roberts B-Team Yamaha early in the race due to mechanical problems. According to Michael Scott, Kocinski was so upset after his crash that he drove away from the track recklessly and refused to pull over when stopped by a policeman; he was arrested and sentenced to community service.Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 152. Haynes Publishing, 1997. 500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 USA Wayne Rainey Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 35 51:19.361 1 20 2 AUS Mick Doohan Rothmans Honda Team Honda 35 +6.974 4 17 3 USA Kevin Schwantz Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 35 +16.603 3 15 4 FRA Jean-Philippe Ruggia Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 35 +19.931 10 13 5 USA Eddie Lawson Cagiva Corse Cagiva 35 +21.851 5 11 6 BRA Alex Barros Cagiva Corse Cagiva 35 +25.091 7 10 7 AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 35 +35.069 6 9 8 ESP Juan Garriga Ducados Yamaha Yamaha 35 +43.188 9 8 9 FRA Adrien Morillas Sonauto Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha 35 +53.613 8 7 10 BEL Didier de Radiguès Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 35 +1:03.059 13 6 11 USA Rich Oliver Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 34 +1 lap 14 5 12 RSA Robbie Petersen Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 34 +1 lap 15 4 13 IRL Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Yamaha 34 +1 lap 3 14 NLD Cees Doorakkers HEK-Baumachines Honda 32 +3 laps 2 15 CHE Niggi Schmassman Schmassman Technotron Honda 31 +4 laps 1 Ret USA Doug Chandler Roberts B Team Yamaha 22 Retired 11 Ret ESP Sito Pons Campsa Honda Team Honda 10 Retired 12 Ret USA John Kocinski Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha 6 Retired 2 Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1991-united-states-motogp 1991 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1991/USA/500cc/RAC motogp.com · UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1991 www.motogp.com September 4, 2018 September 4, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180904192126/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1991/USA/500cc/RAC deadMotocourse 1991-1992 Hazleton Publishing Scott Michael 80–81 0-905138-88-0 250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 ITA Luca Cadalora Honda 30 45:07.590 1 20 2 NLD Wilco Zeelenberg Honda 30 +6.074 4 17 3 ITA Loris Reggiani Aprilia 30 +15.044 2 15 4 ESP Carlos Cardús Honda 30 +19.352 5 13 5 JPN Masahiro Shimizu Honda 30 +25.933 9 11 6 AUT Andreas Preining Aprilia 30 +38.725 8 10 7 DEU Martin Wimmer Suzuki 30 +50.153 3 9 8 DEU Helmut Bradl Honda 30 +53.263 6 8 9 ESP Àlex Crivillé Honda 30 +59.804 11 7 10 DEU Jochen Schmid Honda 30 +1:03.512 12 6 11 FRA Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda 30 +1:18.138 5 12 VEN 1930 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 30 +1:25.047 10 4 13 ITA Doriano Romboni Honda 30 +1:29.149 3 14 DEU Harald Eckl Aprilia 30 +1:29.756 14 2 15 DEU Stefan Prein Honda 30 +1:37.767 1 16 USA Jim Filice Yamaha 30 +1:39.633 15 17 CHE Bernard Hänggeli Aprilia 30 +1:40.754 18 CHE Urs Jucker Yamaha 30 +1:46.428 19 NLD Leon van der Heyden Honda 30 +1:50.358 20 ESP Jaime Mariano Aprilia 30 +2:03.170 21 USA Nick Ienatsch Yamaha 30 +2:18.506 22 USA Chris D'Aluisio Yamaha 30 +2:22.648 23 USA Rick Kirk Yamaha 30 +2:32.444 24 ITA Corrado Catalano Honda 30 +2:38.468 25 CAN Jon Cornwell Yamaha 30 +2:50.132 26 USA Mike Sullivan Yamaha 29 +1 lap 27 GBR Ian Newton Yamaha 28 +2 laps Ret ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Aprilia 24 Retired 7 Ret ESP Alberto Puig Yamaha 17 Retired Ret FRA Frédéric Protat Aprilia 16 Retired Ret GBR Kevin Mitchell Yamaha 15 Retired Ret USA Allan Scott Yamaha 10 Retired Ret CAN Rick Tripodi Yamaha 7 Retired Ret ITA Paolo Casoli Yamaha 1 Retired 13 Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 GBR Steve Webster GBR Gavin Simmons Krauser 30 47:03.220 2 20 2 FRA Alain Michel GBR Simon Birchall Krauser 30 +9.465 1 17 3 GBR Darren Dixon GBR Sean Dixon LCR-Krauser 30 +29.100 5 15 4 CHE Rolf Biland CHE Kurt Waltisperg Krauser 30 +32.018 4 13 5 CHE Markus Egloff CHE Urs Egloff Yamaha 30 +40.265 8 11 6 GBR Steve Abbott GBR Shaun Smith LCR-Krauser 30 +43.759 6 10 7 DEU Ralph Bohnhorst DEU Bruno Hiller LCR 30 +53.794 10 9 8 CHE Paul Güdel CHE Charly Güdel LCR-Krauser 30 +1:17.234 11 8 9 CHE René Progin GBR Gary Irlam LCR 30 +1:26.511 9 7 10 JPN Masato Kumano DEU Eckhart Rösinger Yamaha 30 +1:26.781 13 6 11 GBR Barry Brindley GBR Grahame Rose LCR-Yamaha 29 +1 lap 12 5 12 DEU Frank Voigt DEU Holger Voigt Schuh-Spezial 28 +2 laps 4 13 CHE Alfred Zurbrügg CHE Martin Zurbrügg Yamaha 27 +3 laps 15 3 Ret GBR Barry Smith GBR David Smith Windle-ADM 23 Retired Ret NLD Theo van Kempen NLD Jan Kuyt LCR-Krauser 20 Retired Ret GBR Tony Baker GBR Simon Prior LCR-Krauser 18 Retired Ret GBR Derek Brindley GBR Nick Roche LCR-Krauser 15 Retired 14 Ret NLD Egbert Streuer GBR Peter Essaff LCR-Yamaha 10 Retired 3 Ret JPN Yoshisada Kumagaya GBR Bryan Houghton Krauser 9 Retired 7 Ret DEU Werner Kraus DEU Thomas Schröder ADM 9 Retired Ret GBR Gary Thomas USA Gary Twenstrup Krauser 3 Retired References United States Grand Prix 1991 1991 Australian Grand Prix 1991 Spanish Grand Prix 1990 United States Grand Prix 1993 United States Grand Prix Category:United States motorcycle Grand Prix United States United States Grand Prix United States Grand Prix Category:Motorsport competitions in California